The gambling games of the Chinese in America : fán t'án the game of repeatedly spreading out, and pák kóp piú, or the game of white pigeon ticket (1891)
Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 · Philadelphia : Univ. of Pennsylvania Press · leaf 17
ls upon which the players may stand. In the centre of the table is a square called the fdn ching or " spreading out square," which consists either of a piece of tin with its four sides marked from right to left with the numerals from "one" to "four," or, as is more common here, of an un- numbered… … the side of the table which corresponds with the "one" side of the tablet, while the other, called the ho Mn, whose office is that of clerk and cashier, sits on his left. The tdn Mn takes a handful of bright brass " cash " from a pile before him and covers them with a shallow brass cup about three…
Games, Chinese · Gambling · Chinese · Chinese -- United States
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